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Permalink Reply by JL on July 19, 2016 at 1:29am

2 well worthwhile tools, an extensive set of drill bits (cheap HF is fine) and a drill bit guage (plastic card with a plethora of holes, each one labeled what size drill bit it corresponds to)

I use the guage for EVERY hole I drill to pick the right bit.  Its quite lovely to drill 1 hole and the tuner fits perfectly without rasping/reaming it bigger and -oops- too big now its loose...to set the anchor screws for the tuners in with little effort but they feel rock solid, and so on.

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Permalink Reply by Jonno on July 19, 2016 at 12:40pm

Come to think of it the nasty drill set had yellow bits. Maybe made of cheese he he

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Permalink Reply by lee oden on July 17, 2016 at 4:09am

Hey man, I'm new to this hobby but it looks to me like the neck is plenty strong. I'm working on a build right now that has a neck with two deep notches needed for some internals the guy wants installed. I've had to install additional support in the box just to support the neck witch is only 3/8" thick. If I can I'll send pictures.

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Permalink Reply by Jobo on July 17, 2016 at 7:21am

Thanks for all the replys guys. Im going to leave adding a brace. Took it to a guitar builder when buying some fret wire he reckons ill be fine to mot add a brace. So just going to press on with it

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Permalink Reply by Jonno on July 19, 2016 at 5:21pm

More like yellow paint for askin price Way. Lol

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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on July 22, 2016 at 10:43pm

Just a side note but I make my 3 stringers 35mm wide x 30 mm depth and D shape the back of the neck from a straight through 45mm x 40mm blank.
My strings have 12mm spacing and run parallel up my fretboard.

I chose this size of neck from roughly taking the size of my fingers making an OK hand shape gesture and guessing the diameter of the hole made from my index finger and thumb touching each other.

I drop my string spacing to 10mm or 9mm for 4 stingers and have 4 mm side spacing (33/35mm) bringing the depth down slightly to 28mm.

If I wanted a +23 inch scale length 4/5/6/7/? Stringed instrument I would seriously consider a truss rod or bracing rod.

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Permalink Reply by Jobo on July 25, 2016 at 10:48pm

hey all thought I would update, still not finished other things like work and family been getting in the way of the build. however I have finally soldered the volume pot (or at least what I thought was a volume pot) to input jack and pickup. Tested it by plugging it into an amp and holding it over another guitar and we have volume :D The Soldering was a bitch.

Then fixed the pickup to the neck ran into problem ended up supergluing to the wood, after fighting with the screws for a day or two.

The tunning peg fitment went well, the screws I bought fitted, what a relief. Fitted one string to double check string height etc. All good. Plugged it in, still smug with myself for having volume, went to turn it down......Nooooo its a bloody Tone Pot.

So I have left:

• Fit fret wire
• Fit Nuts
• strings
• Rock out with my cock out :D

Joe

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on July 26, 2016 at 12:05am

That last one'll get you in trouble if busking...

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Permalink Reply by Jobo on July 26, 2016 at 2:56am

Hey wayfinder thanks for the advice ive got some chicken wire so will give that ago. I looked online about the cap...yeah it has one. But i read on a guitar forum it was the to let higher frequencies through when turning the volume down. Lesson learned lol. Yeah my pot was too hot to touch when i was soldering your explanation makes sense why it was soooooooooooooooo difficult.

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Permalink Reply by JL on July 26, 2016 at 3:43am

A cheap "helping hands" makes it a lot easier, a little stand with flex arm alligator clips to hold the stuff in place for you.

and just as wayfinder said, heat the solder, not the component, let the hot solder do the work, pre-apply some solder to the bits you intend to join (called tinning) before you join them and they go together much easier.

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Permalink Reply by Jonno on July 26, 2016 at 11:47am

No.4 on ya to do list Jobo. Be careful not to get solder on ya old fella man he he . Might be a little ditty, 'When wiring ya gitty for sound, gotta remember to look down. Coz one thing ya don't wanna doo hoo, is get solder on ya old .. all together now .. If ya wanna roll in the clover, you gotta be careful with solder,never do it with the lights out in darkness, never do it never do it while starkers... All together now.. If ya wanna.' In G major he he

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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on July 26, 2016 at 12:29pm

Hahaha

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